Stealing The Heavens

The curses that had troubled the people of the six states had been lifted. Everyone, including the wise ones such as Guigu’zi and Xun Kuang, was extremely excited. No one could stand the fact that his or her life and destiny were under the control of someone else, let alone these ambitious heroes. If they did, even if they could still live, their lives were no different than that of a puppet.

Wu Qi had spent a great fortune to help them remove the curses. This no doubt was like giving them a second life, returning them their freedom and dignity. Coupled with those cultivation techniques he had given them earlier, the people of the six states had finally developed a genuine sense of belonging toward Dong Hai Alliance.

Just like the remark Ying Zheng had made after the sacrificial ceremony, “What’s so great about those immortals and buddhas? Do they really think we are mere ants? It’s time for us to show those lofty figures that we, the common people, are not someone they can bully at will!”

Of course, it was rather hilarious for Ying Zheng, an emperor, to address himself as a common people, but his remark won him a round of applause.

The feast went on for three days and three nights. The people of the six states enjoyed to their heart’s content, releasing the pressure and grievance they had suffered and nursed for thousands of years all at once. During these three days and three nights, innumerable common women in An Le County had spent a night or two with some handsome and wealthy youths whose background were unknown. Under Wu Qi’s request, these women were brought home by those youths, and, months after that, the imperial clans and powerful clans of the six states ushered in a baby boom. Their population almost doubled!

What could Wu Qi say or do about such an absurd thing, when even his father-in-law, Yan Qijun, and the Crown Prince of Great Qin, Fu Su, had slept with a few girls from the wealthy clans in An He City, bringing him a few additional mothers-in-law?

After the feast, Wu Qi brought the army of Dong Hai back to Dong Hai City, while Princess Zhang Le and those Primordial Immortals around Wu Qi worked together with the people of the six states to migrate their civilians. Patriarch Jiang Yun and other immortals had all formed their interstitial worlds after stepping into the realm of Primordial, therefore no matter how many civilians were there, they could effortlessly bring them to the various provinces under Dong hai and settle them there.

Currently, Great Yu was still moving people to the various provinces under Dong Hai. Trillions of people were being moved over from other places. Compared to that number, the civilians of the six states were nothing. On top of that, as each of the provinces in Great Yu were vast, and usually they were hundreds of thousands of miles apart, as long as Wu Qi, the supreme leader of these provinces, did not carry out a thorough inspection, no one would know a group of alien civilians had moved into Dong Hai.

In the best of spirits, Wu Qi brought his men and flew toward Dong Hai City on flying ships. Hundreds of flying ships, large and small, were used to carry the army of hundreds of thousands of soldiers. As they sped through the sky, they cast an enormous shadow across the land as if a dark cloud had blotted the heaven, and wherever they passed, the common people of Dong Hai on the ground all bowed their heads in respect. Wu Qi felt nothing but joy in his heart. ‘When I returned to Dong Hai, I must use the cave abode Emperor Haozun created for me to train an elite army!’

With dozens of Primordial experts sitting in Dong Hai Province, the battle formation formed by numerous elite soldiers, and the help of those heroes from the six states, Wu Qi felt that even if something terrible happened to Pangu Continent in the future, he would be able to protect himself.

In contrast to Lord Yuan Ling, his previous incarnation, Wu Qi swore that he would live well and comfortably in this life, and if anyone dared to touch even just a hair of those around him, those who were close to him, he would annihilate his or her entire clan. He could not let what happened to Tan Lang and Le Xiaobai happen again.

The Green City on earth had been completely destroyed, and he had sentenced their headquarters in outer heavenly realm to death as well. However, as the current situation was unpredictable, he did not want to destroy it in a rush. He was waiting for an opportunity, a chance he could slaughter the entire Green City without having to worry about any consequences.

As the flying ships approached Dong Hai City, Wu Qi shouted an order. The huge fleet gradually spread out into smaller groups, then landed in their respective camps. With Dong Hai City as the center, the army was stationed in the county cities within tens of thousands of miles. Military camps had been constructed outside of these cities, and their locations were the nodes of a huge formation.

When his flying ship arrived over Dong Hai City, Wu Qi was shocked to see that a luxury, golden chariot was stopped on the square in front of his mansion, blocking the entrance, while thousands of heavenly soldiers and heavenly generals in golden armors stood in a goose formation, facing a dozen naked men who were being whipped.

And as soon as he saw who those men were, his face turned dark like the sky before a fierce summer storm.

Nineteen golden stakes made of a material that was neither gold nor iron were erected in front of the entrance; nineteen generals who guarded here, including Huang Liang, were tightly bound to them, with their necks, wrists, waists, and ankles strapped to the stakes by six round, golden rings. Their clothes had been stripped off, and in front of each stood two tall and burly golden-armored heavenly generals, who were lashing them fiercely with dragon whips.

Clearly, the dragon whips were cast with some immortal magic. Huang Liang and his eighteen assistances all had the peak cultivation bases of the Second Pangu Heaven, and their fleshly bodies were several times tougher than a diamond. But the whips still ripped their skin and flesh, leaving gashes opened down to the bones across their bodies. Their eyes were wide with pain, and their mouths opened as if they were roaring, but no sound could be heard coming out of them.

Huang Liang and others had obtained a substantial result in their cultivation of the True Body of Heaven and Earth Scripture, and that had given them the ability to perfectly control each of the muscles in their bodies. The whips had opened nearly a hundred gashes on them, and the muscles around the wounds were twitching rapidly, trying to compress the blood vessels and control the blood flow. However, as the blood vessels were torn open by the magic on the whips, they could not stop the blood from flowing, no matter how hard they tried.

There was a pool of blood about twenty feet around everyone’s feet. The bottom layer of the blood had coagulated and turned purple-black, while fresh blood was constantly pooling over them. Judging by the thickness of the blood, the volume had surpassed the total volume of the blood in the body of an adult man. Luckily the fleshly bodies of Huang Liang and others were strong. They could constantly absorb Pangu Sacred Energy and produce fresh blood to replenish the loss, otherwise, they would have long been dead because of excessive loss of blood.

But the cultivation techniques of the human race were very different from that of the immortals and the Buddhism League. It was true that they could absorb Pangu Sacred Energy to replenish the loss of their blood in a short period of time, but each drop of newly produced blood would cost their natal energy. They could not replenish themselves endlessly using natural energy like the cultivators of the Dao League and the Buddhism League. Therefore, Huang Liang and others could only last for a certain amount of time, and when the loss of blood went beyond their limit, they would die.

While the generals stayed behind in Dong Hai City were tied up in front of the mansion and severely tortured, the hundreds of thousands of soldiers garrisoned the city were thrown to the ground across the streets. Judging by the way their weapons were drawn, they were rushing into the city toward the mansion from all directions, but a rounded black bell suspended over the mansion had routed their attack.

Every now and then, the bell gave a faint chime, which was full of a strange, enchanting power. Evidently, the soldiers scattered across the streets were knocked out because their souls had been severely shaken by this power.

Wu Qi’s face turned gloomy. Soldiers who cultivated fleshly bodies were easy to find, but people suitable to cultivate the magic of Oracles were hard to come by. Dong Hai had a strong and well-trained army now, but only several Oracles. It was clear that the soldiers were knocked out by the bell before they had the time to produce spirit talismans to protect their fragile souls. If there were enough Oracles participated in the attack, they would not be so easily defeated.

Among the army of hundreds of thousands of soldiers, many were generals with cultivation bases equivalent to that of Gold Immortals, while all the soldiers were as strong as Heaven Immortals. Even so, they were completely defeated by a bell. Wu Qi felt his face was burning; it was a disgrace to him, and at the same time, he flew into a rage.

He waved a hand, signaling for Ao Buzun, Lord Xiansheng, and other demon cultivators to stay back in the ship. Then, he leaped out alone, landing in front of Huang Liang and others. A whip was lashing toward Huang Liang’s face. He snatched it, and kicked the heavenly general in the stomach.

The leg ripped through the general’s armor, pierced his abdomen, and came out from his back. Then, he lifted the whip and lashed it down. The general did not even utter a single cry, and the whip had ripped him in half from the crown of his head, and, before his immortal soul could flee, Wu Qi tore it to pieces with the whip.

With a cold snort, Blood Centipede Sword shot whistling out, turning into streaks of blood-red light and sweeping across the place. The thirty-odd generals, who were flogging Huang Liang and others, were cut to pieces by the sword without being able to see what Wu Qi had produced.

The rest of the heavenly soldiers and heavenly generals standing in front of the mansion were struck dumb. They stared blankly at the remains of their fellow comrades, and for a moment they could not think of what they should do now. Wu Qi gave a cold laugh, threw away the whip, and thrust out his palms, throwing out two simple palm-thunders.

He had only used the magic power equivalent to all that of a Gold Core cultivator to unleash each of the palm-thunder. But, with his current understanding of the Heavenly Dao and his frightening attainment, as soon as they left his palms, they began to absorb the natural energy in the surroundings. In just the blink of an eye, all the natural energy within ten thousand miles were sucked Clean. Two chaotic bolts of lightning pierced through the air, filling the void with a deafening crackle, and then smashed forcefully onto the bodies of two rows of soldiers and generals standing to his left and right.

Some generals had produced their defensive immortal artifacts. But when the palm-thunder swept across them, all the immortal artifacts were turned to powder, and over two thousand heavenly soldiers and heavenly generals vanished into nothingness. Despite its mighty power, the lightning only devoured the soldiers and generals without destroying the surroundings. Not even a blade of grass on the ground was hurt. Wu Qi’s control of power had reached the realm of ‘Dao’.

The remaining thousand-odd soldiers and generals were stunned. They stared in horror at Wu Qi, who had just slain more than half of their comrades in just the blink of an eye.

Just then, the main doors to the mansion swung open. A handsome youth, clad in a purple robe, a purple crown, a purple belt, and a pair of purple boots, came walking out of it like a big eggplant.

The Crown Prince of Heaven, Lord Bowang, sniffed as he walked out, and smiled when he saw the bodies of the soldiers and generals Wu Qi had slain.

“King of Dong Hai, how dare you to assault the imperial army of Heaven?!

“I’ll now give you a chance to atone for your crime; give me the beautiful girl I saw last time, and I’ll spare you for what you did today!”

Upon hearing that, Wu Qi laughed in his exasperation!